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a little bit about a lot or, more likely, a lot about nothingMon, 22 May 2017 03:07:11 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Time to Live by untrainedwarriorhttps://birdieandtheoptimist.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/time-to-live/comment-page-1/#comment-54
Mon, 22 May 2017 03:07:11 +0000http://birdieandtheoptimist.wordpress.com/?p=2244#comment-54I watched most of it until the BBC caught my cheating IP. I intend to continue from a computer soon. It’s very, very good. I was making notes. I am in the five year surveillance, but even long before I met cancer I had already started trying to understand death and life. My first success was my grandfather. I feel I managed to build good memories of what we meant to each other. When he passed I had done a lot of things with him that gave me the peace that he knew he had a great son that appreciated him very much. That was a first step in my learning. I eventually learnt that death can also come to younger people not expected to leave soon, and then that it was me the one that could leave too. I now try to live being prepared for leaving, even when my departure is not expected by me or my doctors. I am glad you are doing well and that the blog will be closing for that reason. Feel good, enjoy life and live a good life.

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Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:18:18 +0000http://birdieandtheoptimist.wordpress.com/?p=1700#comment-52Thank you for your really nice comments.. I am so sorry you have to go through all of this but it can be done and you will do it. Let me know how you get on.. wishing you all the best.

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Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:30:21 +0000http://birdieandtheoptimist.wordpress.com/?p=1700#comment-51I’m glad you keep an eye on the cancer tags. I have just been diagnosed with rectal cancer and will be following a similar road to you…bag, chemo, radio etc. I have spent this afternoon reading your blog posts, and what a pleasure and joy it has been. You have normalised an abnormal situation. Like you, I am an optimist, but this has been a very lonely time. Reading your blog has been like spending time with a friend. Thank you 🙂

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Mon, 29 Aug 2016 20:51:10 +0000http://birdieandtheoptimist.wordpress.com/?page_id=1#comment-42Hi, actually I need to.update, I have now finished treatment.. it was both chemo and radiotherapy..

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Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:01:19 +0000http://birdieandtheoptimist.wordpress.com/?p=882#comment-38Hi Janie! Nice to meet you. Yeah it’s been quite a trip and I am still finding my feet after it all. An Ileostomy definitely is far from the worst thing in the world and I am grateful for my experience though I guess a lot of people might not understand that either! Thanks for commenting x

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Mon, 25 Jul 2016 01:11:45 +0000http://birdieandtheoptimist.wordpress.com/?p=882#comment-37Hey! I just found your page … searched ileostomy .. Of course, now that I’ve read a few of your entries, I see you’ve since had it reversed! That’s exciting news! I have a permanent ileostomy (since 2006) .. the result of Crohn’s (diagnosed in 1998) ..I love my ostomy .. lol Not sure a ton of people would say that!! 🙂 Hope you continue to be well!!

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Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:07:03 +0000http://birdieandtheoptimist.wordpress.com/?p=1134#comment-34I feel your anger. I have been there myself. Not an exact situation like yours, but close. This is what you get with socialized medicine. You’ve got someone else deciding what is urgent and what isn’t. It’s disgusting. If one more moron tells me that my healthcare here in Canada is FREE, I will strike them. Well, not really, but I will want to strike them. I had the good fortune of living in the US for two separate periods of time and the healthcare there is unrivaled. There is a reason so many people travel to the US for healthcare. Comparing what I had there to what I have here in Canada is depressing. If I were you, I would be fighting tooth and nail. I know it is hard. I know you are tired. It’s not right though. Someone has to take a stand.